Williams shot India Boston-Carter in the face at the family business, Roscoe's Buffet, where he worked at the time, Savannah-Chatham police said.

The victim was meeting a friend for dinner and sitting at the counter at the Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard restaurant when the weapon went off, according to her brother, Steve Smith.

Chatham County District Attorney Larry Chisolm said Williams also was convicted of reckless conduct, but that charge was merged with involuntary manslaughter, which means it was not sentenced.

Chisolm said Brannen dismissed charges of murder, felony murder and cruelty to children before the case was given to the jury for deliberation.

The jury found Williams not guilty of pointing a pistol at another, he said.

Chisolm, who made the ultimate decision for his office to try the case, said he was pleased Brannen imposed the maximum sentence.

"I thought it was a very difficult case. It was one where I was anxious to have the jury to decide," he said. "But that's what juries do - they make decisions in difficult patterns, and this is one of those difficult patterns that was uniquely appropriate for the jury to hear."

Suspect sought in elderly fraud case

Leon Elmore is wanted on charges stemming from a case in which someone bilked an 84-year-old woman of more than $18,000, Savannah-Chatham police announced Thursday.

Although warrants have been filed against the 51-year-old Elmore, police spokeswoman Gena Moore declined to disclose any charges because the investigation is active.

Elmore and 45-year-old Zachery Sharon Myers were named as suspects in the case where a group of people impersonated police officers to coerce the woman to withdraw the cash.

Anyone with information should contact the metro police financial crimes unit at 912-651-6735 or CrimeStoppers at 912-234-2020.

Two arrested in IGA break-in

Two Guyton teens were arrested by Effingham County deputies early Thursday on charges of breaking into Thompson's IGA on Central Avenue.

"Deputies were conducting business checks in the area about 2 a.m. when they heard an alarm coming from the IGA," Effingham County sheriff's spokesman David Ehsanipoor said.

After a foot chase, deputies arrested Terrell Kennedy, 17, of Guyton. Kennedy was charged with burglary, obstruction of a law enforcement officer, loitering and prowling, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Also charged was a 16-year-old male, also of Guyton. He was charged with burglary, obstruction of a law enforcement officer, loitering and prowling, and violation of the city curfew ordinance.

Kennedy currently is being held in the Effingham County jail. The 16-year-old has been turned over to the Department of Juvenile Justice.

Richmond Hill police seek armed robber

Richmond Hill police are asking for help identifying a man who robbed a Subway at 60 Exchange St. at gunpoint Tuesday.

Witnesses said a black male wearing a black hooded jacket came into the eatery, pulled out a handgun and demanded money from the cash register and a customer, according to police.

The robber left the restaurant and ran behind an adjacent building, where he got into what may have been a blue two-door sedan. The car last was seen travelling east on Ga. 144.

Anyone with information about the crime may call police at 912-756-5645 or 912-459-BUST.